Invitation

Tab Location: NSDA Campus

Judges Room: NSDA Campus

This tournament is open to all teams in the SDIVSL. Competitors must have been first-year speakers in 2020-21. 

Unlike League tournaments, coaches will not be required to fulfill a tab duty. However, there must be a school-approved adult "present" to help team members, and to serve as a contact for the tournament directors. Coaches are able to serve as judges for their team while fulfilling this supervisory duty. (Please ensure that coach contact information is updated on the team's tabroom account.)

Entry / Drop Deadlines: The entry deadline is Monday, May 3 at 5:00 pm. Drops are permitted until Wednesday, May 5 at 5:00 pm. You will not be refunded for drops after this date.

Entry Fees: The Entry Fee for all events is $6. Duo entries are $12 per team. Make checks payable to Helix Speech & Debate

Judging Requirements: Schools must supply one judge for every 4 entries. Judges will be asked to judge both IEs and Debate. 3rd and 4th year competitors are eligible to judge.

Entry limits: Students can enter one debate event, and up to two IEs (including those entered in Extemp). 

IEs:

Preliminary rounds: Competitors will be required to provide a link to a video of their performance during each round by pasting into the chat feature of the competition room. (Therefore, students must attend all rounds.)

In addition, all students must submit the video link to the following form. Novice Last Chance - Video Submissions

Break rounds: Competitors will perform their speeches synchronously (live, via NSDA Campus). 

**All rounds of Extemp and Impromptu will be performed synchronously (live, via NSDA Campus).

LD Topic: This tournament will use the March/April LD topic

                Resolved: The United States ought to guarantee universal child care.

PF Topic: This tournament will use the April PF topic. 

Resolved: The benefits of the International Monetary Fund outweigh the harms. 

Congress: San Diego Novice Last Chance Congress Legislation

Experienced Varsity Congress students are invited to compete as POs. There is no charge for the entry, and no judging obligation. If there are more students entered than needed to preside, the tournament director reserves the right to determine which students will be used. 

Break Rounds: In speech events with more than 28 entries, there will be two preliminary rounds, and the top 14 will break to semi-finals. For speech events with 28 or fewer entries, there will be 3 prelim rounds. The top 7 will break to finals in all events. 

In Congress, if there are more than 60 entries, the top 30 will break to semi-finals after 2 preliminary rounds. If there are 60 or fewer entries, there will be 3 prelim rounds. The top 15 will break to finals. 

In Lincoln Douglas, Parli, and PF,  debaters with 3+ wins after 4 rounds will break to a 5th Round. 1st-8th Place will be determined based on wins and tiebreakers. This tournament will follow SDIVSL Tiebreaker Guidelines.

Sweepstakes: Sweepstakes will be awarded to the top 3 overall scoring teams.

We will use the CHSSA Sweepstakes point system.